BJP Experiment With Muslims Fails As Congress Grabs Junagadh

Congress Grabs Junagadh

Rajkot/Ahmedabad: When BJP lost the recent Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Narendra Modi escaped blame by the skin of his teeth.

The BJP in Gujarat still won 15 seats, one more than previously. The Modi camp placed the blame for the defeat elsewhere at the feet of central leadership and a weak prime ministerial candidate.

Two months after the debacle, the Gujarat CM can only blame himself for an embarrassing defeat in the Junagadh civic elections, the results of which were announced on Tuesday. The Congress scored a major upset here winning 26 seats out of 51, in a watershed election where Modi’s romance with Muslims has landed the BJP on the rocks.

All five Muslim candidates, which the BJP put up for the first time, lost badly. The experiment backfired as the traditional Hindutva vote shifted away in a town where Patels, comprising nearly a quarter of the electorate, deserted the BJP almost en masse.

In his usual style, Modi had discarded 29 out of 35 sitting BJP councillors and put up some fresh faces, including heavyweights like a former Union minister, former state minister and a sitting MLA. His gamble was clear — even if the Muslim candidates lost the seats, he was still confident of getting a majority with a mix of fresh faces and oldtimers.

It didn’t work that way and many in the BJP are now seriously questioning the methods of Modi, who should have drawn lessons from the warning signals which came out loud and clear in the last Lok Sabha elections. For the first time in more than two decades, the BJP lost the Rajkot parliamentary seat — the surest of all Saurashtra seats.

Yet, when his critics started pointing out in the wake of the Lok Sabha defeat that Modi’s Hindu hardliner image would always come in the way of his national ambitions, Modi decided to make a calculated overture towards Muslims in Junagadh.

He called upon BJP cadres to woo “nationalist Muslims” into the party fold. Coming from Modi, dubbed ‘Gujarat ka Sher’ by his fans, this was a message which left the BJP’s core support base aghast in real lion country.

JUNAGADH CIVIC POLLS

Cong 26
BJP 21
BSP 3
Ind 1

Total 51 BJP’s Junagadh falls It May Have Been Only A Civic Election In A City Of Three Lakh Persons, But The Implications For BJP Are Enormous

BJP lost because of Modi: Modhwadia

Gandhinagar: As news of a Congress victory in Junagadh civic polls spread BJP offices wore a deserted look.

“This is not BJP’s defeat. It is Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has lost,” said Congress spokesperson Arjun Modhwadia. “The people of Junagadh were not carried away by the announcement of Rs 600 crore for developing tourism in the Junagadh. Modi had given tickets to five Muslim leaders but the experiment failed. Modi had put his entire cabinet and all MLAs in Junagadh but they were not successful,” he said.

Modhwadia said that this was the defeat of the BJP and Modi who had even violated the model code of conduct and had made an announcement of Rs 600 crore for tourism in Junagadh. “The BJP even went a step ahead and fielded senior leaders. But these heavyweights were shown the door by our young brigade,” he said.

The BJP tried to put up a brave face. “We will sit together and analyse the reasons for the defeat. It is the people’s verdict and we accept it,” said state BJP president, Purshottam Rupala.

“The Congress may have won more seats but the party polled only 1,20,533 votes against which the BJP got 1,34,739 votes,” said BJP spokesperson IK Jadeja.

Modi’s lieutenants get it wrong in Junagadh

Here is the duo Narendra Modi banked upon heavily to retain ground in Saurashtra, which saw protests in the wake of Keshubhai Patel’s ouster. After party’s poor show in the region in recent Lok Sabha polls and the drubbing in Junagadh on Tuesday, state party president Purushottam Rupala and election in-charge Vijay Rupani are worried men.

Purushottam Rupala,Modi promoted this school teacher-turned-politician from Amreli to assuage feelings of Patel community, which felt wronged by the unceremonious exit of Keshubhai. BJP’s state party chief and a Rajya Sabha MP, Rupala will have to do a lot of answering as the party has lost all nine seats in Patel-dominated areas.

Vijay Rupani,Considered Modi’s blue-eyed boy, Rupani’s rise within the party has very fast. He was asked to oversee party’s campaign for Lok Sabha polls in Saurashtra. Subsequently, he was also made the in-charge of the crucial Junagadh civic polls. Following the party’s defeat in Junagadh, many within the party have started questioning his recent appointment as co-ordinator of all BJP MPs in the state.

Reference : Times of India 22nd July 2009.

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let us join hand together for education revolution

“LETS’ JOIN HANDS FOR EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION.” – NISHIT VYAS (Gen. Sec. Guj. St. Congress)

Today, by announcing the proposed reforms, the congress – led Central Govt. has embarked on a historic journey to revolutionize the Indian Education system. It aims at omitting all the differences which exist in the quality of education in different parts of the country. Its objective is to justify its Citizens in the field of education. Surely , it is a path- breaking decision which gives hopes to millions of Indians students of a just and fair system and of quality education.

The decision of having on single board across the country is beneficial to average student as there would be no difference as far as the syllable is concerned. Especially, the meritorious students will benefit as they will all be able in complete at the national level without being restricted by the “Board” which they study in, as it would be uniform all over India.

Today, the Congress-led central Govt. has a mission one which is for the welfare of the millions of students studying in this vast nation. The State Govt. Should put a side there personal views (interests) and differences, and join in this ambitious project for the betterment of India Education System. This is an opportunity for the opposition to do something positive for the people (special youth) they couldn’t grab it at the time of the Nuclear Deal but they have another chance. They should be positive For the betterment of the youth of the country with the Congress. This after the Tele communication. Revolution is aiming towards the Education Revolution. Jai ho to the bright future of our country and its students!……..

I request the youth of the Nation to share their views on this blog for the same ………………………

Nishit Vyas GPCC Gen. Secretary.

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Gujarat scores low in educstion due to high dropout

Dropouts In Classes VII & VIII Higher Than Bimaru States

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has dropped a notch in the national rankings of the Educational Development Index (EDI), largely because of the high dropout rates in classes VII and VIII . The state held the seventh rank in the index a decade ago but has now dropped to eighth.

This has come through in a Central government report which states that Gujarat improved overall index from 0.481to 0.545 on a scale of one, but its ranking slipped because many children were finding it difficult when they moved from the primary level to higher levels.

The report has been prepared by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), appointed by the central government, consisting of a dozen-odd experts from the Planning Commission, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and central government officials. Its draft, ‘Gendering Human Development Indices: Recasting GDI and GEM for India’, has been submitted for publication.

TAC member and director of Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad, Indira Hirway says Gujarat’s dropout rate in classes VII and VIII is very low compared to many other states, which are way beyond in economic development. In fact, the state ranks a dismal 18th among 20 states on this count.

It was found that only 36.5 per cent children between the ages 15 and 19 went to educational institutions in Gujarat. Even Bimaru states like Bihar (42.7 per cent), Rajasthan (40.8 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (41 per cent), and Uttar Pradesh (44.5 per cent) fare better when it comes to retaining children in higher levels in school.

Only Orissa and Andhra Pradesh with 29 per cent and 36.3 per cent, have been ranked below Gujarat. States like Himachal Pradesh with a whopping 72.2 per cent have performed the best, followed by Kerala’s 68.7 per cent and Uttarakhand 63.3 per cent.

Going beyond primary school enrolment, EDI analyses a number of factors, including overall literacy rate, gender disparity, standard of education and percentage of people going into higher education to decide on rankings.

Reference : Times of India 29th June 2009

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Top grade for Sibal promise to make class X exam optional

Top grade for Sibal’s promise to make class X exam optional
One Board Mooted For All

New Delhi: Moving to bring some joy back to childhood and high school, Kapil Sibal’s first act as HRD minister has won the hearts of millions of kids across the country — and their parents — crushed under exam stress. As a cornerstone of a larger revamp plan, Sibal on Thursday proposed making the class X board exam optional in CBSE-affiliated schools, if possible from next year itself.

The radical overhaul of the education system also envisages replacing marks with grades, establishing an overarching higher education authority under a one-nation, one-board principle and bringing a tough law to prevent, prohibit and punish educational malpractices. Academic reforms, including a semester system and credit transfers, will begin to be rolled out in the next 100 days.

“Sleepless nights over class X examination are not needed. We will reform it and make class X examination optional. We should not traumatise education. It is unacceptable,” Sibal told TOI after announcing a 100-day schedule to roll out an ambitious reforms package.

Sibal acknowledged the resistance that the move to make class X board exams optional may encounter from state governments and other quarters, but was hopeful of getting around the hurdles by holding negotiating to win. “We will consult everyone.”

But he also stressed that since CBSE is under the Centre, the government can implement the proposal in those schools from next year itself.

Making class X exams optional will mean that students who want to continue in the same school and do not need a CBSE certificate can choose not to appear for the boards. They will be judged on quarterly internal assessments. But students who want to move to another school after class X need to take the board exam. Related to making the class X boards optional, Sibal also wants to do away with marks and replace them with grades. “Marks will be there but students will be judged on grades,” he said.

Sibal said his plan to bring all schools under a single national board exam after class XII was not part of his 100-day strategy. “It is a long-term process. This is the direction that education should move to in the long run,” he said. Another big step forward Sibal proposed is setting up of an independent accreditation body for school education — preferably autonomous. There will also be a big dose of public-private partnership in creation and running of schools.

The big change in higher education would be an overarching authority for higher education and research based on the recommendations of the Yashpal committee and National Knowledge Commission reports.

It will subsume regulatory bodies like UGC, AICTE, Medical Council of India, NCTE and Distance Education Council.

New Course For EDUCATION

SCHOOLS (PROPOSALS) Proposal: Making class X exams optional, thus permitting students continuing in same school (and who do not need a board certificate) to take an internal school assessment instead Feasibility: A great step forward. But state governments have resisted it since 2005 when it was made part of National Curriculum Framework. Also, schools today allocate streams in class XI based on class X marks. Whether a board exam or an internal assessment, how will it ease stress on the child?

P: Introduce a system replacing marks by grades in schools affiliated to CBSE for secondary classes, ie IX and X F: High time it was done. CBSE has been resisting it. But uniformity is needed across all state school boards

P: Enact the Children’s Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill F: The Bill is in Rajya Sabha and will certainly become law in the Budget session HIGHER STUDIES (PROPOSALS)

Proposal: An autonomous overarching authority for higher education and research, based on Yashpal Committee report Feasibility: With UGC having failed, there is growing demand for such a body. But ministries like health, agriculture and others who run educational institutions will not welcome intrusion on their turf

P: A law for mandatory assessment and accreditation in higher eduction through an independent regulatory authority F: Possible, and very necessary given the poor state of private, deemed and state universities

P: Review of functioning of existing deemed universities F: Work has already started. Much-needed step

P: Introduction of semesters and choice-based credit system in central institutions F: Much needed. Work has already begun but barring Delhi University, few Central educational institutions are in position to implement it in the next 100 days
WHAT SIBAL WOULD LIKE TO DO P: Have a single board examination throughout the country F: A contentious issue. State governments are going to strongly oppose it

P: Eventually, scrap class XII exams F: On what basis would college admissions take place? One proposal is to replace class XII boards with a common entrance exam, but that would simply mean replacing one stressful exam with another

TIMES VIEW
Doing away with the class X board exams, unifying all schools in India under a single board, and replacing marks with grades are excellent ideas. Achieving these involves getting across many serious hurdles, both political and logistical. But that is no reason for jettisoning good ideas. If these ideas become reality, the stress faced by students and parents would be significantly reduced. Also, the problems associated with many different boards, each following a different syllabus and marking system, would cease to exist. The fact that the hurdles are serious only means that authorities at the state and Central level must pull together if the aim is to be achieved. Time and energy spent on arguing why they cannot happen would be better spent figuring out how to make them happen. Modi govt supports Sibal move to scrap X boards

Senior officials of the state education department, however, believe that a single board should not be supported. A top state bureaucrat told TOI on condition of anonymity that Sibal has still not officially sent across what exactly the central government wants to do. “There is need to know what is the alternative. If what is appearing in the media regarding single board for the nation is true.

Reference : Times of India,26th June 2009.

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Few teachers in Guj colleges Our Teacher:Student Ratio is Better Than Only UP

The student teacher ratio in higher education in Gujarat is among the worst in the country. This is amply highlighted in a recent study conducted by professor Rakesh Basant of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

The data used in the study reveals that Gujarat has the second lowest teacher-student ratio. Where the national average is 23 students per teacher, Gujarat has 41 students per teacher. Only Uttar Pradesh with 46 students per teacher fares worse.

Co-authored by Partha Mukhopadhyay, the working paper titled ‘An Arrested Virtuous Circle? – Higher Education and High-Tech Industries in India’, which was published in May this year, says 34 per cent of Gujarat’s colleges were rated below average — a high number considering Kerala has only 11 per cent and Punjab 17 per cent in this category.

One of the main reasons for the low rating of Gujarat’s colleges is the absence of teachers.Ranked 8th in Tech Index

According to the statistics quoted in the paper, the Tech Index of Gujarat is eighth in the country. Tech Index is the state’s share of professional colleges divided by its population share. This primarily means that the number of opportunities available for students in Gujarat are much less compared to other states.

Hundreds of students from Gujarat are forced to go outside the state, often paying high capitation fee. “Addressing governance failures in higher education is necessary to strengthen the links between higher education and high tech industry,” say Rakesh Basant and Partha Mukhopadhyay, the coauthors.

MN Desai, chairman of the Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Technical) said, “Gujarat started letting selffinanced institutes come up in the state only recently. The state was conservative and the fee and administration issues were major concerns. But we are soon catching up.”

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Where we stand in education system by Nishit Vyas,GPCC General Secretary

The central (Congress) govt. is giving simple educational grants in the last 5 years, but the Modi govt., which is too busy in publicity gimmicks too look at the misery of students of the state, is not utilizing it. As a result, the students are getting a raw deal and are unable to avail of the facilities ensured by the central govt. by providing the requisite, resources, but the self proclaimed No.1 CM doesn’t have sufficient time to look into the matter and thus Gujarat students are falling behind students of states like Bihar. Even the officers of education Department don’t know from whom to take the directions, Mr. Bohra or Anandiben, as it is still not clear who ‘actually’ heads the department. Although, the student and columnists have questioned and criticized the Gujarat Education Board calling it a total failure, the govt. has turned a deaf ear to them. We pray to the All-Mighty God that they get enough time to at least peek in to this matter. There is a 5 times hike in the grant issued by the central (Congress) govt. in the education department. The others state have utilized it and started their ascent. But unfortunately ‘Aapna Vibrant Gujarat” shows a downward trend. The central (Congress) led govt. is giving simple educational grants in the last 5 years, but the Modi govt., which is too busy in publicity, gimmicks like ‘Vibrant Gujarat’, ‘Praveshotsav’ etc. to look at the misery of the students of the state……

Quote by  Nishit Vyas, GPCC General Secretary

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Ref.Times of India,June 24th 2009.

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has failed to post a good performance in the area of education because it has failed to utilize funds for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a flagship programme for attaining universal elementary education.

A high-level study, ‘Report on monitoring the financial management and procurement relating to SSA in Gujarat’, also reveals that funds utilisation is poor in two special SSA schemes for girls — National Programme of Education for Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV).

Prepared by the Institute of Public Auditors of India for the ministry of human resources development, the report says that while on one hand there is poor utilisation of funds, Gujarat’s out-of-school children in 2008-09 registered a rise of 14 per cent over the previous figure.The report has identified districts where the number of out-of-school children is very high – Banaskantha, Kutch, Bhavnagar, Dahod and Surendranagar. The report should come as an indictment for the Gujarat government’s campaigns, including Kanya Kelavni, which have remained a hype while the administration didn’t do simple things like take all the Central assistance that is available for the purpose.

While the government claims its focus is on educating the girl child, report shows how, despite forming 63 KGBVs on paper, the officials failed to utilise funds meant for raising necessary infrastructure. The amount of funds lying unutilised for KGBVs and NPEGEL has been growing in recent years.

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Only one private primary school has qualified teachers in city, finds survey

Of 5,880 Primary School Teachers, Only 55 Get Salaries According To Government Norms

Ahmedabad: Of the 711 privately run primary schools in the city, only one had teachers qualified to teach in these formative years, showed a survey! They say its all in the packaging. For if you have been paying hefty fees for your children’s “English” medium education to the swankiest of schools — those that flaunt flashy computer rooms, glossy portfolios with faces of happy children. Here is a sordid truth. Almost 60 per cent of the 5,880 teachers employed in 711 city primary schools are not qualified to teach your children.

Notwithstanding the number of English medium schools in the city that charge a fortune to teach your children, only Asia English school at Drive-in had employed qualified teachers. This means the teachers should have basic BEd or PTC degrees, as per the state education department. But instead 3,294 teachers were either HSC, SSC or diploma holders in every other subject other than teaching. In fact, there are 18 schools in the city where all the 123 teachers employed are HSC and SSC degree holders and teach 4,556 children. It is fate that would decide the future of these children.The survey was part of an elaborate exercise that the Ahmedabad district primary education office undertook only when a concerned teacher, Vinod Pandya, sought a reply under the Right to Information (RTI) Act from the education department. Only 2,577 teachers happened to be qualified teachers, who had bachelors and a BEd or MEd degrees.

“This clearly shows that the state of education is being reduced to a cheap business in our city. Before I did the RTI, the education department did not bother to conduct routine inspections despite a directive in the Bombay Primary Education Rules, 1949. We are talking about primary education here — standards where foundation of higher learning is being laid. If unqualified HSC and SSC pass teachers teach our children, one can imagine the future of these children,” says Pandya.

The survey reveals as to why we do not get quality teachers. Of the 5,880 primary school teachers, only 55 get salaries according to government norms, 31 have bank accounts and 175 teachers have Provident Fund accounts. “This shows that teachers are exploited today. Schools pay menial sums to them. They might sign on fat pay slips on records, but schools would not declare the bank accounts of these teachers to government as it would spill the beans on them.

Reference,Times of India,June 23rd 2009

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Gujarat worst in enrolling girl students

Gujarat worst in enrolling girl students

Progressively Goes Bad To Worse In State’s Schools

Gandhinagar: Gujarat slips down in the rankings as students move from the primary  (class 1 to 5)  to the upper primary level (class 6th to 8th) level. A Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) study, ‘Elementary Education in India: Progress towards Universal Primary Education’, suggests that there is a sharp decline of eight per cent between 2005 and 2008 in students moving from the lower primary level to the upper primary level in Gujarat.

The study, prepared early this year, has ranked Gujarat No 9 in composite primary and upper primary education development index (EDI). However, when it comes to upper primary EDI, Gujarat’s ranking slips to No 11 as against 8 at lower primary level.

While Gujarat’s focus on school enrolment has been on girls, this fall comes mainly because of a high drop out among girls, in classes 6 to 8. In fact, as one moves higher, to secondary and higher secondary education, the enrolment of girls dips further. In urban as well as rural schools having classes from 1 to 12, the percentage of girl child enrolment is the worst in Gujarat compared to all Indian states.

And this is not just a rural problem.In urban areas, in schools providing only primary education, 47.13 per cent students are girls — lower than the national average (48.68). As one moves forward, the percentage drops.

In schools providing primary and secondary education, it is 45.75 per cent, and in schools providing education up to higher secondary it is 40.99 per cent – the worst in the country. Bihar’s percentage is 43.34 per cent, for instance.

Reference,Times of India,june 23  2009

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Bihar is ahead of Gujarat,shocking !!!

Now it proves that Gujarat is now behing UP and Bihar’s education System. It was shocking after looking at the numbers for simple mathematics which lacks in Gujarati students against Bihar which is having low literecy rate.

This why we don’t find Gujarati in top service sectors like IAS & IPS.This should be alarming situation to our Gujarat Education system to take steps to come out of such shocking situation.This is big blow for our education system.

Now we have to learn from Bihar For adopting NCERT Syllabus.

Quote by Nishit Vyas,Gujarat Pradesh Congress Comittee,General Secretary.

Bihar scores over Gujarat in education,

Gandhinagar: All IAS officers in Gujarat are currently engaged in the annual ‘Kanya Kelavni’ drive aimed at enrolling girls in schools. A good thought, with a view to sensitise the administration to the poor performance of Gujarat in the area of education.

But the latest study sponsored by Google, Oxfam and Unicef, and carried out by well-known NGO Pratham, suggests that education standards in Gujarat are worse than Bihar.

You could blame Bihar for everything else, but you can’t find fault with its education — many more Bihari will join the IAS in coming years, perhaps get into the Gujarat cadre and then wonder how a state which flaunts so much wealth could get such basics wrong. Called ‘Annual Status of Education Report’, Pratham’s data suggests Gujarat’s school students are behind their counterparts in Bihar in areas of reading. Gujarat is behind Bihar in out-ofschool children and quality of education. Bihar has overtaken Gujarat with lesser number of out-of-school children and better quality of education at the upper primary level.

Worse, Gujarat’s performance on girls’ education — the main focus of Kanya Kelavni — is abysmal. Pratham report notes, “Bihar stands out as a state that has worked consistently across the years to bring out-of-school numbers down”.

As for quality of education, Pratham report notes that Gujarat’s “overall reading levels show a steady decline”. Percentage of students who can read textbooks is much lower than in Bihar. So is the percentage of Gujarat children who can do subtraction, tell time and do currency tasks.

Reference,Time of india,June 22nd,2009

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Class-wise students who can read std. II textbook
Class	Bihar	Gujarat
1	4.0	1.6
2	11.3	4.5
3	26.0	13.7
4	45.6	30.7
5	63.9	45.3
6	77.3	59.8
7	85.0	71.1
8	91.4	82.6

Exposed the esteemed educators

Vinod Pandya’s RTI applications brought out how teachers were shown getting BEd degrees at 12 yrs!

Ahmedabad: Everybody talks about the deteriorating quality of education, but Vinod Pandya decided to find out exactly where the rot was. Through applications filed under RTI he got out the math behind the primary education system in the state and found that 60 per cent of the 6,000 primary school teachers responsible for the foundation in education of 2.10 lakh children were not qualified. These teachers did not have a BEd degree or a simple Primary Teachers Certificates.

Pandya moved a public interest litigation (PIL) in the High Court while submitting the RTI data, which led to the court taking a commitment from the education department that erring schools who employ unqualified teachers would not be spared. The department is yet to take action.

Pandya has been after the issue since March 2006, since some were pulled up for employing non-qualified teachers. After shooting off an RTI application in issues related to the qualification of teachers, the salary they draw, whether they have their accounts in banks and even whether they had provident fund —Pandya landed on a muck that primary education had turned into. “Almost 90 per cent of the teachers were drawing a salary between Rs 500 and Rs 2,000. Some teachers were shown born in 1983 thus getting BEd degrees at the age of 12 years! These people were teaching class X students. In some schools, the principal was just a higher secondary school passs. Nearly 50 per cent teachers did not have accounts in banks, many did not have provident fund accounts. Who is responsible for this mess,” asks Pandya.

NAILING EDUCATION SYSTEM

He filed an RTI to know the qualification of primary school teachers in city
He then dragged the education department to HC based on RTI data
Education department comes out with a government resolution to take action against schools
Pandya asks through RTI as to where did the English medium teachers get their BEd degrees
Education department refuses to answer Pandyas queries

Ref.Times of India,June 20th 2009.

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